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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Zero Networks

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Zero Networks with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Zero Networks with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Zero Networks.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Zero Networks with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Zero Networks single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure Microsoft Entra SSO for the Zero Networks Admin Portal and Access Portal.

  • Zero Networks supports SP initiated SSO.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

To configure the integration of Zero Networks into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Zero Networks from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Zero Networks in the search box.
  4. Select Zero Networks from results panel and select Create to add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Zero Networks.

  3. select Single sign-on.

  4. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  5. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  6. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following step.

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type the URL: https://portal.zeronetworks.com/api/v1/sso/azure/metadata

    b. In the Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) text box, type the URL: https://portal.zeronetworks.com/api/v1/sso/azure/acs

    c. In the Sign on URL text box, type the URL: https://portal.zeronetworks.com/#/login

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Certificates section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Zero Networks section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Configure Zero Networks SSO

  1. Log in to the Zero Networks Admin Portal as an administrator.

  2. Navigate to Settings > Identity Providers.

  3. Click on Microsoft Azure and perform the following steps.

    Screenshot shows settings of SSO configuration.

    1. In the Login URL textbox, paste the Login URL value which you copied previously.

    2. In the Logout URL textbox, paste the Logout URL value which you copied previously.

    3. Open the downloaded Certificate (Base64) into Notepad and paste the content into the Certificate(Base64) textbox.

    4. Click Save.

Configure user assignment requirement

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Zero Networks application integration page, find the Manage section and select Properties.
  3. Change User assignment required? to No.

Screenshot for User assignment required.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Zero Networks Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Zero Networks Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Zero Networks tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Zero Networks Sign-on URL. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.